Head of Software

Seasats • San Diego, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Seasats is growing rapidly and is searching for a Head of Software to lead and manage the software engineering efforts across the organization. This position will work alongside our Principal Software Architect who has led the software development team over the last few years. At this stage in the team’s growth, we’re looking for a leader who can effectively direct a 15+ person team and be accountable for high performance output across a wide set of sub teams. Through the deployment of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) around the world, Seasats has become a leader in the maritime autonomy space. A large part of the company’s success has been driven by focused development of automation and autonomy features to create leverage for ASV operators. To that end, our software team has expertise and capacity across a wide range of domains, including: front-end UIs, backend architecture and networking, vehicle autonomy, vehicle firmware, perception, machine learning. The Head of Software will provide direction across these disciplines, ensuring software efforts are coordinated, well-resourced, and aligned with company goals.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 3+ years of experience managing software teams
• A keen sense for timelines, project management, and how to laser in on the most important risk items
• Excellent communication skills
• Practiced team leader, knowing how to engage and enable individual team members
• Experience building and maintaining software for robotics, vehicles, or other hardware-integrated systems
• Strong technical judgment and enough hands-on depth to guide architecture, tradeoffs, and execution
• Knowledgeable in tackling aggressive and ambitious projects
• Pragmatic, principled, and willing to make hard calls
• Versed in the latest AI development tools and how to leverage them in a professional environment
• Ability to obtain a security clearance (U.S. Citizenship may be required)
• Candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building or leading development of operator-facing user interfaces for complex systems, especially where real-time data and situational awareness are critical
• A background in maritime systems
• Experience with defense applications

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Seasats leadership team and department leads to ensure alignment on software strategy, roadmap, and timelines.
• Partner with leadership to define software strategy, set priorities, and translate company goals into actionable engineering plans.
• Review software team work load and progress reports to ensure efforts are aligned with product roadmap.
• Strategize new efforts and allocate resources to execute development campaigns.
• Meet with developers to understand and resolve road blocks.
• Foster team morale by providing clarity, recognition, and constructive feedback to team members.
• Shape and scale the team through strategic hiring decisions.

Benefits

• stock options
• 401k matching
• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed